Grammatical Error

Faiz Ahmad

A skyreplacesthe skyalmost imperceptiblyuntil we turnour heads aroundface-to-face withthe unholy axethat chopped ourseeing in two:the-world anda-world

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Faiz Ahmad is a recent graduate in Biological Sciences, IIT Madras, India. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Salamander, Denver Quarterly, Constellations, Harpur Palate, Storm Cellar and others.

Volume 54, Number 2

Denver, Colorado

University of Denver

Editor
W. Scott Howard

Associate Editor
Stella Corso

Managing Editor
Lucien Darjeun Meadows

Poetry Editors
George Kovalenko
Wendy Chen

Cover Art
Zoe Hawk, The Stairway, 2020.
Oil on panel, 24 x 24 inches.

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